Garment comprising relatively adjustable girdle and panty body parts



July 6, 1965 s. GRISHMAN 3,192,930 1 IN VEN TOR.

5/M0/v GR/SHMA/v BY HTTORNL'Y United States Patent M 3 192 930 GARMENTCGMFRISING RELATIVELY ADJUST- ABLE GHQDLE AND PANTS. RUDY PARTS SimonGrishman, Yonkers, N .Y., assignmto William Gluckin & Company, Inc, NewYork, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 9, 1962, Ser. No.236,65tl 3 Claims. (Cl. 128-519) This invention relates to garmentsgenerally classified as girdles incorporating a pant wherein the girdleand panty body parts are relatively adjustable at the waistband portionof the garment to vary the length of the girdle or positioning of thepanty within the girdle, so as to adapt a single garment of apredetermined size to adjustment upon the body of the wearer for mostperfect fit upon the body and support of the body.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, is which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by Suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a garment made according to my invention, withparts of the construction broken away and in section. The viewillustrates the garment parts disposed one directly upon the other andthe righthand sectional portion being substantially on the line 11 ofFIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a partial section on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1, illustrating thegarment parts diagrammatically in an extended or use position.

FIG. 3 is a partial section on the line 3--3 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a partial section on the line 44 of FIG. 1 diagrammaticallyillustrating a modification.

In illustrating one adaptation and use of my invention, I have shown inFIGS. 1 to 3, inclusive, a garment, comprising an outer girdle body partand an inner panty body part 11. In the present disclosure, these partsare composed of front portions 16, 11 and rear parts 10", 11", asdiagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 2

of the drawing, the front and rear parts being stitched at sides of thegarment, as seen at 12 and 13 in said figure. The Outer and inner bodyparts 10 and 11 are integrally formed from single materials, folded asat 14, preferably of all-way stretch fabrics and, in the varioussectioning, no attempt has been made to illustrate the type and kind offabric employed. Centrally of the front part 10' of the body part 10 isattached an inner panel 15, shown in section in FIG. 3 of the drawing,and the contou of one half of the panel is noted in dotted lines at theleft of FIG. 1 of the drawing. This panel 15 is preferably secured tothe front part 18' by any desired stitching bordering the peripheralcontour of the panel. This stitching is not illustrated in FIG. 1, butis diagrammatically illustrated at 16 in FIG. 3. The panel 15 can becomposed of any desired material which can be nonextensible. In oneadaptation of my invention, I prefer to use a panel which is extensiblein the vertical direction and has no horizontal extension.

Considering FIG. 1 of the drawing, it will be noted that the lower edgeportion of the body part 1! has, at its inner surface, an elastic 17 andfixed to the elastic at suitably spaced intervals are depending gartersupporting straps 18, as commonly employed in girdles.

The panty body part preferably has the front and rear portions joined ina seam, as diagrammatically illustrated at 19 in FIG. 1, in forming atthe lower portion of the pantry part leg openings, as at 20 and a crotchportion 21. The leg openin s are preferably bordered by an 3,192,939Fetented July 6, 1965 elastic hand, one of which is shown at 215' at theright of FIG. 1.

Considering FIG. 4 of the drawing, I have shown, in section, at 22 and23 the upper folded portion of the girdle garment part and the pantygarment part, these parts being stitched together, as indicateddiagrammatically at 24. With a structure of this type and kind, thepanty part 23, for example, can be formed of a totally differentmaterial o combinations of materials than the outer girdle part 22 and,in some instances, the panty part could be formed from such'materials asHelenca, an extensible or stretchable material having a softcharacteristic. However, with the structure of FIG. 4, aswell as thatshown in FIG. 1, it will appear from the diagrammatic dotted lineshowing in FIG. 1 that the two body parts, namely the girdle part andthe panty part can be relatively adjustable to provide the mostcomfortable fit upon the body of the wearer, as well as themostdesirable support of the body. This adjustment consists in changingthe position or the fold 14 by moving the girdle part and panty partrelatively to each other. Considering FIG. 1, it will appear that thefold 14, shown in full lines, has been raised to the dotted position 14,thus lengthening the girdle part and shortening the panty part, asillustrated in dotted lines at the rightof this figure. In the full lineshowing of FIG. 1, the girdle would be of a shorter length than theposition outlined in dotted lines solely at the right of FIG. 1 and, isthis dotted line position, the panty would be positioned higher in thegirdle part, as will be apparent.

It will also be understood that the folded end portion, as at 14 in FIG.1, and 14 in FIG. 4, forms the waistband portion of the garment and,thus, this waistband portion becomes variable in the differentadjustments of the garment upon the body of the wearer. In actualpractice, the girdle body part can be formed of any desirable materialsor combinations of materials and this is also true of the formation ofthe panty body part .11.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: V

1. A garment of the character defined comprising a girdle body part anda panty body part arranged within the girdle part, the girdle parthaving front and rear portions integrally joining front and rearportions of the panty part, said front and rear portions of each partbeing joined in seams at sides of the garment, said joined parts formingat the waistband portion of the garment a variable f-old coupling, andsaid coupling providing free relative adjustment of the girdle and pantyparts one with respect to the other in varying position relationship ofthe parts and in adapting said girdle and panty parts of the garment topredetermined desirable fit and positioning upon the body of the wearer.

2. A garment as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a part of the frontportion ofthe girdle body part includes a vertically extending panelfixed to the inner surface thereof.

3. A garment as defined in claim 2, wherein said panel.

includes material extensible in a vertical direction.

References Cited by the Exer UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,510,443 9/24 Kahn12 8-519 2,009,011 7/35 Gribbon '12857'Z 2,888,018 5/59 Grishman 128-5772,983,924 5/61 Cohen et al 267 ADELE M. 'EAGER, Primary Examiner.

DELBERT B. LOWE, Examiner.

1. A GARMENT OF THE CHARACTER DEFINED COMPRISING A GIRDLE BODY PART ANDA PANTY BODY PART ARRANGED WITHIN THE GIRDLE PART, THE GIRDLE PARTHAVING FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS INTEGRALLY JOINING FRONT AND REARPORTIONS OF THE PANTY PART, SAID FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF EACH PARTBEING JOINED IN SEAMS AT SIDES OF THE GARMENT, SAID JOINED PARTS FORMINGAT THE WAISTBAND PORTION OF THE GARMENT A VARIABLE FOLD COUPLING, ANDSAID COUPLING PROVIDING FREE RELATIVE ADJUSTMENT OF THE GIRDLE AND PANTYPARTS ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER IN VARYING POSITION RELATIONSHIP OFTHE PARTS AND IN ADAPTING SAID GIRDLE AND PANTY PARTS OF THE GARMENT TOPREDETERMINED DESIRABLE FIT AND POSITIONING UPON THE BODY OF THE WEARER.